The actual, true, non-snarky answer is Detroit. They’re west of Detroit. Detroit is the westernmost Eastern Conference team, and Nashville is the easternmost Western Conference team.

Someone is bitter and not objective. The fans know what they are doing, they are passionate about all aspects of the game. I live in a Canadian NHL market that made the playoffs this year and the fans here and from what i have seen of other markets these playoffs have nothing on the fans in Nashville.

Nah, regardless of what the Preds do Hawks fans should be embarrassed until at least next September.

Had to have 14k avg attendance for a season to stop the move. By God, they did it.

The Titans (while they are getting better, and sadly they are my team) have largely been a loooooong boring car crash the past 7-8 years. I’d rather watch paint dry than go watch one of their games in person.

It’s actually brilliant counter-marketing. Sean Henry (the Preds President) recognizes there really isn’t a way to keep them out. Instead he creates a policy that makes Blackhawks fans mad, gets the Predators team name mentioned in every major Chicago news outlet, makes Blackhawks fans try to go out of their way to…

Thank God Kimmo got his Cup, even if it came in Chicago.

When my sister lived in Nashville, the entire town would always just shudder when the Blackhawks were in town. Literally everything stops in Nashville, so out of all the fan bases in the world, Blackhawks fans have a reputation of being the worst.

I spent a few weeks in Atlanta - the sprawl is certainly an issue. But if you think it is bereft of culture or thing to do - then you are almost assuredly a white dude. Nothing wrong with that, me too!

Amazing city to party in. Mind blowing strip clubs. Hot black woman capital of the world? Great LGBT scene if…

I live near Murray, the local news affiliates went nuts when Popeye’s boy got drafted.

Jackets season ticket holder here. That’s no longer the case. It was previously and it sucked.   But, so did the team, so you’ll have that. I was there this year for the regular season games and playoffs. The Pens fans were a distinct minority, far less than in the past. Even when they won game 3 in OT there was only…

Plus, I bet most of those fans know the difference between skinning and plucking poultry.

why does Ohio perpetually feel the need to leg-tug for sports attention?

It didn’t just start, either. I went to a game a little over 5 years ago while I was in Nashville for a day, and the atmosphere was electric. It was a Wings game, but the arena wasn’t overrun with Detroit jerseys, there were barely any. Shea Weber scored a couple goals in the 3rd to win it, and the roof blew off the…

Hockey is full of weird nuances. Did you know that the Ottawa Senators have won the Stanley Cup 11 times, but the Ottawa Senators have never won the Stanley Cup?

“What’s a conference final, eh?”

Actually, your abilities to talk about your pay to other workers has been federally protected for about 80 years:

I’m not sure why the NHL would hate a conference final featuring a team from a massive media market and another from a southern expansion city that looks to be on the cusp of becoming a legitimate hockey market, and has incidentally put up tremendous tv numbers.

Jesus Christ, you finally write about the Ducks and half of it is still about the goddamned Oilers. I’m glad to see the team with four #1 picks and eight straight top ten picks is finally becoming a real hockey team. Really too bad they couldn’t have faced Pittsburgh in an all-”tank until you make it” finals. I hope…

the ocean is fucked up